Difference between revisions of "Specimen diagnosis"
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| Atrial mass | | Atrial mass | ||
| [[atrial myxoma]] | | [[atrial myxoma]] | ||
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| Subscapular<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1057113-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1057113-overview]. Accessed on: 26 October 2011.</ref> | | Subscapular<ref>URL: [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1057113-overview http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1057113-overview]. Accessed on: 26 October 2011.</ref> | ||
| [[elastofibroma]] | | [[elastofibroma]] | ||
| elderly woman | | elderly woman; other (shoulder region) diagnoses: [[pleomorphic lipoma]], [[desmoplastic fibroblastoma]] | ||
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| Temporal artery | | Temporal artery | ||
Latest revision as of 12:57, 11 March 2013
A specimen diagnosis is a diagnosis that can be guessed reliably from the history, as the differential diagnosis is very short and one entity is the diagnosis in the vast majority of cases.
| Site | Diagnosis | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Atrial mass | atrial myxoma | |
| Subscapular[1] | elastofibroma | elderly woman; other (shoulder region) diagnoses: pleomorphic lipoma, desmoplastic fibroblastoma |
| Temporal artery | giant cell arteritis | |
| Subungual tumour | glomus tumour | painful |
| Ischemic leg | atherosclerosis | |
| Olecranon subcutaneous nodule | rheumatoid nodule |
See also
References
- ↑ URL: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1057113-overview. Accessed on: 26 October 2011.